As criminals want to cash in on the Olympics

Trend Micro warns that the European Championship in football, have an opportunity to abuse by criminals. Specialists from CERT calm - increase the risks were relatively small, expect more of these during the Olympic Games in London.Among the sites which are potentially dangerous for surfers, experts from Trend Micro exchange site pretending to be the official site of UEFA, in fact, contains malicious software. After entering the website surfer saw the screen imitating scan the infected computer, the next steps page encouraged to install antivirus and purchase and activate the full version. Meanwhile, the program was created solely for the purpose of extortion.Number of hazards presented by Trend Micro is rich, but according to experts from the CERT Poland, operating under NASK Research Institute, the increase in risk in the Euro was relatively small. "It is possible that in the year after the Olympics there will be a bit more" - says Piotr Kijewski, Head of CERT Poland.Among other pitfalls pledged during major sporting events on the Internet also lists the data entry users or redirect them to sites with paid content. Frequently, after the acceptance of offer by an internet game show such as transmission, there have connections with related parties, which followed its location and IP address. As a result, scammers can make using these data for example, to connect to pages that contain advertising.To guard against such risks, it is recommended primarily Kijewski common sense. "Attacks will involve trying to force a run attachment to visit any part of an attractive offer related competitions, or an attempt to extort money from us supposedly for a ticket. If an offer appears suddenly in our mailbox, or" pop "when you visit some unrelated parties safer to ignore it "- he adds.